Bodensee–Toggenburg railway

The Bodensee–Toggenburg railway is a mainly single-track standard-gauge line connecting Romanshorn on Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) and the Toggenburg region in Eastern Switzerland. It was built by the Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn (BT), a former railway company, which existed from 1910 until its merger with the "old" Südostbahn (SOB) to form the "new" Südostbahn (SOB) on 1 January 2001. Today, the line together with the Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel section forms the eastern network of the Südostbahn.

Bodensee–Toggenburg railway
blue: line of Schweizerischen Südostbahn (SOB)
grey: line of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)
Overview
OwnerSüdostbahn
Line number870, 853
Termini
  • Romanshorn
  • Nesslau-Neu St. Johann
Technical
Line length58.72 km (36.49 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius200 metres (660 ft)
Electrification15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed140 km/h (87 mph)
Maximum incline
  • Romanshorn–St. Gallen: 1.9%
  • St. Gallen–Wattwil: 1.8%
  • Wattwil–Nesslau-Neu St. Johann: 2.4%
Route map

km
SBB from Kreuzlingen
and Schaffhausen RE1 S1
0.00
Romanshorn
398.5 m
SBB line to/from Winterthur
1.20
Romanshorn Süd
399.2 m
3.03
Neukirch-Egnach
411.9 m
5.31
Steinebrunn
447.8 m
6.49
Thurgau
St. Gallen
canton
border
7.29
Muolen
478.9 m
8.50
9.57
Häggenschwil-Winden
512.1 m
9.86
11.10
12.84
Roggwil-Berg
560.2 m
13.98
15.55
Wittenbach ↓S82
 
603.4 m
Bruggwald Tunnel (1731 m)
17.60
76.60
Bruggwald
since 2011
627.0 m
SOB link since 2011
SBB line from Rorschach S2 S4 S5
 
76.91
St. Fiden Nord
since 2011
623.7 m
19.13
78.16
St. Gallen St. Fiden
645.5 m
SBB Rosenberg Tunnel (1466 m)
80.49
21.42
St. Gallen
VAE S81S82
669.9 m
SBB line to Wil S1 S5
24.41
St. Gallen Haggen
676.5 m
Sitter Viaduct (366 m)
Sturzenegg Tunnel (247 m)
26.45
Gübsensee
since 1989
698.0 m
27.36
Heinrichsbad
1926–1960
Thal (163 m)
Herisau workshop
29.73
Herisau
RE1 S81
744.0 m
Glatt valley viaduct (296 m)
33.39
Schachen (Herisau)
788.7 m
35.25
Schachen West
since 2013
790.0 m
35.63
Weissenbach bridge (282 m)
Bühlberg tunnel (366 m)
37.10
Degersheim
summit
798.7 m
39.50
Degersheim West
since 2003
762.9 m
42.42
Mogelsberg
714.8 m
Schoren tunnel (141 m)
46.40
Brunnadern-Neckertal
654.4 m
Wasserfluh Tunnel (3556 m)
SBB line from Wil S9
50.69
Lichtensteig
615.5 m
left track owned by SBB until 2006
53.16
20.01
Wattwil
S9
613.6 m
SBB Ricken line to Ziegelbrücke VAE S4
Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel section
leased by SBB until 2006
24.86
0.00
Ebnat-Kappel
630.1 m
4.26
Krummenau
713.0 m
7.85
Nesslau-Neu St. Johann
S2
758.7 m
Source: Swiss railway atlas

The BT consisted of the standard gauge adhesion railway from Romanshorn to St. Gallen St. Fiden (19.13 km) opened on 3 October 1910 and the standard gauge adhesion line from St. Gallen to Wattwil (31.74 km), as well as the line from Ebnat-Kappel to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann (7.85 km) opened on 1 October 1912.

The connecting sections of line from St. Gallen St. Fiden to St. Gallen HB and from Wattwil to Ebnat-Kappel were controlled by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), as it leased the Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel section from the BT.

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